The Weaver’s Craft: Cloth, Commerce, and Industry in Early Pennsylvania (Early American Studies): Adrienne D. Hood
Review
“This is a … a real model of how to reconstruct craft processes and organization. In my view, the publication of this book is long overdue.”–Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, author of The Age of Homespun: Objects and Stories in the Creation of an American Myth “If American studies scholars needed an example of how local history can be writ large, they can effectively point to this study of weavers in Chester County, Pennsylvania.”–American Studies “An enjoyable and informative read. It stands as a worthwhile addition to the study of crafts and their relationship to markets and market development.”–Journal of American History “Readers of The Weaver’s Craft will come away with a new appreciation of the role of textiles in our world and the sophisticated tasks and histories that hide behind the glossy pictures of today’s fashion magazines.”–Journal of the Early Republic “This thorough study … should interest both general readers and scholars of social, economic, and labor history”–Choice “The Weaver’s Craft examines the development of cloth manufacture in early Pennsylvania from its roots in seventeenth-century Europe to the beginning of industrialization. The focus on Pennsylvania and the long sweep of history yields a new understanding of the complexities of early American fabric production and the regional variations that led to distinct experiences of industrialization.”–Pennsylvania Heritage “Historians and curators of cloth, clothing, and dress have looked forward to the appearance of this volume… They will not be disappointed…This fine book will remain a standard in the field for many years to come.”–Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography
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“This is a . . . a real model of how to reconstruct craft processes and organization. In my view, the publication of this book is long overdue.”–Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, author of The Age of Homespun: Objects and Stories in the Creation of an American Myth
“If American studies scholars needed an example of how local history can be writ large, they can effectively point to this study of weavers in Chester County, Pennsylvania.”–American Studies
“An enjoyable and informative read. It stands as a worthwhile addition to the study of crafts and their relationship to markets and market development.”–Journal of American History
“Readers of The Weaver’s Craft will come away with a new appreciation of the role of textiles in our world and the sophisticated tasks and histories that hide behind the glossy pictures of today’s fashion magazines.”–Journal of the Early Republic
“This thorough study . . . should interest both general readers and scholars of social, economic, and labor history”–Choice
“The Weaver’s Craft examines the development of cloth manufacture in early Pennsylvania from its roots in seventeenth-century Europe to the beginning of industrialization. The focus on Pennsylvania and the long sweep of history yields a new understanding of the complexities of early American fabric production and the regional variations that led to distinct experiences of industrialization.”–Pennsylvania Heritage
“Historians and curators of cloth, clothing, and dress have looked forward to the appearance of this volume. . . . They will not be disappointed. . . .This fine book will remain a standard in the field for many years to come.”–Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography
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